@Brandon ***********

Brandon, I hear you. The problem with just applying is that I have to pay for a hotel in order to apply for the Thai Pass. If I pay for 5 days and then the app gets rejected, I have go through the process of trying to extend my stay. The second problem is that the application site plain states that the confirmation must include the fee for a RT-PCR test and Antigen Self-test Kit. I can't get a hotel to confirm that information.

I'm still trying to confirm with a hotel that my confirmation will include this: "Paid AQ / SHA Extra+ hotel reservation confirmation throughout the 7 days period (including the fee for RT-PCR test and Antigen Self-test Kit)" per the info at the Thailand Pass site.

@Brandon ***********

Thanks Brandon, that's what I thought.

I have a CDC Vaccine card. Is there an inexpensive way to get a QR code for that card?

@David *******

Please tell me where you read that the days have not been reduced from 7 days to 5 days. Thanks

@Brandon ***********

Thanks for the information... yes, I'm flying into Bangkok. So, if I book a hotel with the SHA Extra+ certification and then upload my receipt on the Thai Pass application, there's no need for the receipt to include the two tests because that's a requirement in order for the hotel to be SHA Extra+ certified? I didn't want to get rejected because the paid tests were not included on my sandbox hotel receipt. One problem now is that hardly any hotels have updated their packages for the new 5-day program. All still say 7-day and their prices reflect seven days stays.

@Brandon ***********

Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I confused the terminology. I'm coming in on the Sandbox program January 6, 2022. I'm fully vaccinated with a US passport, but I'm coming from a country not on the test and go list. So, I'll need to stay at a hotel for 5 days and get tested twice. I believe the rules are changing Dec 15 that shorten the Sandbox stay from 7 to 5 days. On the Thailand Pass application site at tp.consular.go.th/en/plan it says to submit, "Paid AQ / SHA Extra+ hotel reservation confirmation throughout the 7 days period (including the fee for RT-PCR test and Antigen Self-test Kit)." They must not have updated the information for the new shorter stay. I'm having trouble finding a hotel for the 5-day Sandbox plan that includes a receipt for payment for the RT-PCR test and Antigen Self-test Kit. I have everything ready to upload except a receipt for a 5-day hotel with the two covid tests. One hotel said they have not updated their plans yet because there was no official announcement from the Thai government.

@Joanne ************

Okay, thanks Joanne.

@Joanne ************

I didn't see where to book and pay for a PCR covid test at Bangkok airport. Where did you book the covid test? The hotels include one test but the Thai pass requires two tests for me because of 5-day quarantine. Thanks

I'm a USA passport holder.